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Jan 31 (Fri): At the Diet floor the Prime Minister faced the accountability questions on the construction of the new base as other allegations have piled up/ At Awa 712 truckloads of earth and sand was shipped out

As the Diet session has started, the problems on the construction of the new base in Henoko have been revealed […]

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Jan 22 (Wed): The Diet session started, all opposition parties inquired the prime minister’s responsibility / 961 vehicles delivered soil/sand in Awa and Shiokawa.

The Diet session finally started for inquiring into the responsibility of Prime Minister Abe. There are a lot of issues […]

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17 January 2020 (Fri.) 1960 U.S.-Japan Security Treaty: today still 70% of U.S. forces is stationed in Okinawa / Dump trucks are decreasing in Awa

This month it has been 60 years since the original U.S.-Japan Security Treaty from 1951 was revised in 1960. The […]

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Jan. 15 (Wed): Found that the technical advisors for the new base construction in Henoko received contribution from the contractors / 50 people rallied on land and sea in Awa

It was found that 3 members of the “Technical Advisory Committee”　 the new base construction in Henoko received contribution from […]

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January 10 (Fri): Responding to the announcement to procure earth and sand only within the prefecture, people say “If so, several thousands of dump trucks have to transport earth and sand every day. That’s impossible!”/ Protests held at four locations

At the end of last year, the Japanese government announced a policy change to procure soil and sand for the […]

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Jan 8 (Wed): Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto started a signature campaign to “Protect Henoko’s Sea” / Almost 30% of the sea by Henoko already reclaimed

On the 3rd of January, Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto, a muscian, started a world-wide signature campaign to “Stop construction of a […]

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Jan. 6 (Mon): Actress Yoshinaga Sayuri and singer Sakamoto Ryuichi advocate peace with their poems and songs / Protest at 4 different places against the resumption of construction work

On the 6th of January, the two big stars gave a charity concert in Naha to encourage the Okinawan residents […]

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Sit in 2000 days support message

From U.S.A The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance stands in complete solidarity with the resisters at the Camp Schwab gate […]

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December 27 (Fri): The Japanese Government suddenly changed to procure earth and sand only within the prefecture. / At the Day 2000 Rally 100 participants pledged to stop the construction definitely next year

The Japanese government suddenly changed their policy and announced that they will procure earth and sand used for landfill not […]

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Dec. 25 (Wed): The Defense Bureau annouced the total construction cost would be 930 billion yen, “will cost more”as per Okinawa Prefectural government / Peace Award to Mr. Yamashiro Hiroji

At the year end, the Defense Bureau finally announced the total construction cost of the new base in Henoko would […]

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Dec. 23 (Mon): The government of Japan estimated 10 years for landfill in Henoko to complete / On the 27th, a rally for the 2000 days anniversary of the sit-in was held in front of Camp Schwab Gate

It was reported on the 22nd that the government of Japan estimated 10 years to complete landfill for the new […]

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Dec. 20 (Fri): The Self Defense Bureau’s budget did not include the cost for improvement for soft seabed / The 3rd Thursday Intensive Action participated by 230 protestors

The Self Defense Bureau did not include the improvement cost of the soft seabed in the Oura Bay in its […]

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Dec. 18 (Wed.): The Mayor of Nago City continues to be elusive when it comes to the new base / A monk warns, “history will repeat itself if our remorse of the war is forgotten”

We went to a meeting of the Nago City assembly to hear with our own ears about the position that […]

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Dec. 16 (Mon): A banner says “Taiwanese, Koreans, and Chinese are Okinawan’s friends” / Forty citizens delayed deliveries of earth/sand in Shiokawa

Landfill works had been suspended in the latter part of the last week because most of the riot police was […]

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Dec. 11 (Wed) : Low-frequency noise caused by US military aircrafts exceeds the acceptable limit at Midorigaoka Nursery School ／Protest continued at 3 sites in the rain.

It was clarified on Dec. 7 that low-frequency noise caused by flights of Ospreys, measured at Midorigaoka Nursery School next […]

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Dec. 9 (Mon): The Okinawa Prefecture office estimates approximately only 1 % of the required volume of earth for landfill has been thrown in / ”Mr. Geito-Mae (Mr. in front of the gate)” gave a pep-talk

On Dec 6, Director of the civil engineering and construction department of the Prefectural office stated in response to a […]

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Dec. 6 (Fri.): U.S. Armed Forces dropped 3 flare bombs / Danced in protest while the temperature dropped

Another accident was caused by a US military aircraft. This time 3 flare bombs were dropped in Igei residential area […]

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Dec. 4 (Thu): Intensive Action on Sea participated by 66 canoes and 5 boats forced the Defense Bureau to give up the landfill operation for the day

Approximately one year has passed since the start of dumping earth/sand for landfill. At Ryukyu Cement Pier in Awa where […]

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Dec. 2 (Mon): 153 vehicles made deliveries to Camp Schwab / No earth/sand loaded to a carrier either in Motobu or Shiokawa.

A tremendous amount of earth/sand is required for landfill in the Oura Bay, approximately 25 milliom square meters which is […]

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Nov. 29 (Fri): Court session opened to hear the Governor insisting “ligitimacy of cancelling the permit” / The editors of local newpapers visited the Camp Schwab Gate

The first oral pleadings was held at Naha Local Court on 26th in an appeal to a government office demanding […]

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Nov 27 (Wed): Landfill work not even slowly proceeding, only a few percentage finished / Canoe team successfully delayed departure of cargo ships

Everyone says, “The construction work proceeds in extremely slow tempo.” The number of the trucks delivering construction material to the […]

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Nov 25 (Mon): At the Camp Schwab Gate, Grandma Fumiko said “We should never allow to construct any military base causing warfare.”/ At Shiokawa, 30 people halted the transport for 2 hours.

Prime Minister Abe keeps trying to escape. Suspicions around a cherry blossom-viewing party, in which he was involved, have come […]

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Nov. 20 (Wed): The worst ever prime minister has served the longest / In Awa and Shiokawa, total 777 truckloads of earth and sand were delivered

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister as of the 20th of November, beating previous-record holder Katsura Taro […]

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11.15 (Fri.): Only 1 ship left the Awa pier / 3 of the coral colonies transplanted last year died

In light of the rising criticism on the “Cherry Blossom Viewing Event”, Prime Minister Abe decided to cancel the next […]

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Nov 13 (Mon): The Abe administration is cornered facing a storm of criticism against the cherry blossom-viewing events./ Using the Ryukyu Cement pier at Awa for transportation of earth and sand revealed as “use for purposes other than allowed purposes.”

Prime Miniter Abe is under fire. At the Diet he faced the allegation of inviting more than 800 members of […]

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Nov.11(Mon) Abe administration continues to steamroll its way / Protestes rallied at 5 locations and delayed deliveries of earth and sand

Okinawa’s riot police force was deployed to attend the enthronement parade in Tokyo last week, and they had to put […]

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Nov. 2 (Sat): The 1st Saturday Intensive Meeting attracted 1000 people who pledged “to unite with non-ruling parties to overthrow Abe administraiton

It was the day of the 1st Saturday Intensive Meeting in front of the gate of the Camp Schwab. Because […]

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Oct.30 (Wed): U.S. military enforced parachute training at Kadena / A devasting fire in the early morning on Oct 31 swept through Shuri Castle, the symbol of Okinawa.

The tyranny of the U.S. military looking down on Okinawa has never stopped. On Oct 29, U.S. forces enforced parachute […]

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Oct 28 (Mon): Reclamation work was restarted / Three U.S. soldiers were arrested on the spot in Onna Village.

The work was restarted simultaneously at four sites. Did the Okinawa Defense Bureau want to make up for one-week delay […]

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Oct. 25 (Fri): For 5 days, the construction work was stopped! / U.S. environmental NGO disignated Henoko as “Hope Spot”

Today is the final day of the five-day campaign. Anticipating that empty trucks might arrive during the night, 5 of […]